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Big Board
noun
, (sometimes lowercase)
- the New York Stock Exchange.
Big Board
noun
- the quotation board in the New York Stock Exchange
- the New York Stock Exchange
big board
- The huge electronic board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports the changing values of stocks traded on the exchange.
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Notes
The term is used sometimes to mean the New York Stock Exchange itself.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Big Board1
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
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Example Sentences
It isn't listed on the big board, and if it's traded in on the Curb, the dealings must be pretty small.
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At last the car slowed down in front of a gate, on one side of which was a big board.
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Nannie at once became motionless, and the stranger began to work away at the big board before him with some very thin sticks.
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He found the big board where the assignments for the day were chalked, and searched down the long lists for his own name.
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A big board lying across the bags had chalked upon it, “Take One.”
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